Hand marking and printing means



Sept. 30, 1930.

Quhh! i QMMM E. R. WEBER HAND MARKING AND PRINTING MEANS Filed April 21, 1927 Patented ept 30, 1939 I I STATES PATENT OFFECE EUGENE R. \"V'IEIIBJEIR, OF VANN'UYS, CALIFORNIA HAND MARKING AND FRINTING MEANS Application filed April 21, 1927. Serial No; 185,541.

The present invention relates to hand is particularly advantageous for use by demarking and printing means and has for its partment stores, restaurants, drug stores and object to provide improved means of this in fact all stores and merchandizing estabclass for use with movable type, stencils or lishments having goods to sell or by indiastamps which is simple in construction, high viduals desiring to display advertising 'or 55 ly efiicient in service, convenient to operate other signs for various purposes. and comparatively inexpensive to manufac- With the present device signs, cards or disture. play sheets of any desired size can be quick- A further object of the invention is to nroly and neatly printed or produced without vide an improved hand printing or stampthe expense incurred or the time lost by turn- 6:; ing device includingaT-square, straight edge ing the work over to a printing establishor any suitable form of guide bar, having ment. The device can be used by the avermeans thereon adapted to serve both as guidage individual for printing signs, notices and and positioning'means for movable type, the like and alfords eficient means which stamps or the like to facilitate rapid markcan be conveniently used with comparativeing or printing of signs, advertisements, symly little effort or expense. It permits the metrical borders and the like. space required for any given word, sentence To these and other ends the invention reor group of letters or characters to be easily sides in certain improvements and combinafigured whereby it is possible to rapidly detions of parts, all as will be hereinafter more termine' the margin to allow and also the 70 fully described, the novel features being amount of paper, cardboard or other matepointed out in the claims at the end of. the rial necessary to obtain for any given disspecification. play or sign.

in the drawings Referring to the drawings, 10 represents Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating oneema portion of a drawing board on which is bodiment of the invention with a portion of a disposed. a sheet of paper, cardboard or the drawing board shown to illustrate its use; like indicated at 11, which may be conven- Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same; iently held in place by a suitable number Figure 3 is a sectional elevation taken on of thumb tacks, one of which is shown at 12,

line of Figure 1; or in case relatively thick material is used 30 Figure a is a front elevation. of the type the board of course would not necessarily be holder shown in Figure 1 drawn to an enrequired.

larged scale; A bar, straight edge or the like, is indi- Figure 5 is a transverse section takenon cated at 13 and preferably constitutes the line of Figure 4; blade of a T-square which is employed for 85 Figure 6 is a perspective View illustrating use in a manner hereinafter described. The one form of type block employed for use with T-square has a head 14 to which the blade is the holder shown in Figures 1 and 2; connected by a thumb screw 15 threaded at Figure 7 is a fragmentary plan of a porone endinto a boss 16 on the bottom of the tion of the T-square to which is shown apblade and having a head 17 for turning the 90 plied a slightly different type block holder screw to clamp the blade at any desired anfrom that shown in Figure l; and gle upon the head. Both the head and blade Figure 8 is a perspective view of the type of the T-square are preferably made of. metal block shown in Figure 7. and thefihead is strengthened by a downward- Similar reference numerals throughout 1y turned flange 18 which is adapted to en- 95 the several views indicate the same parts. gage the side of the drawing board in the The invention illustrated in the drawings usual manner. The blade or bar 13 is proembodies an improved hand printing or vided preferably at its front edge with an marking device adapted for use by merchants upstanding flange 19 which is serrated or or others selling various classes of goods. It otherwise constructed to form a series of uni- 10G formly spaced notches with corresponding abutments or projections 21 provided for a purpose which will appear hereinafter and numbered in the present instance from 1 to 80 inclusive, as shown in Figure 2. The blade is also provided, preferably at its rear edge, with a scale or graduations indicated at 22 which correspond in number and are spaced the same distance apart as the abutments 211 The spaces between the gradua tions arepreferably aligned with the lugs or projections 21 on the flange 19 of the blade. The head 14 of the T-square is also provided with a scale or graduations, indicated at 23, which are spaced'a definite distance apart. These spacings may be of greater or less width or equal to the spacings of the scale at the back edge of the T-square, depending upon the proportions desired between the height and width of the letters or characters to be printed. 7 Mounted upon the blade of the T-square is a holder indicated generally at 2 adapted to form a guide for the type block, one 25 of which is indicated at 2 1. The holder is in the form of a slidewhich is slotted longitudinally at to receive the upstanding flange 19' of the T-square. The slide or holder provided on opposite sides of the we slot 25 with front or rearportions 26 and 27,

the former being preferably adapted to engage the front side of the flange l?) and' the latter the back side thereof the portion 27 being also adapted to engage the upper face as of the bar or T-square blade 13.

The holder 2-1 carries a laterally projec ing linger or index me1nber 28 for cooperation with the scale at the rear edge of the T-square to facilitate spacing of the type IiI block and the. formation of the letters or characters to be printed or marked upon the sheet 11. The slot 25 of the holder is pref erably made slightly deeper than the height of the flange 19 so that the extremities of the ab-utments or projections 21 will not engage the holder, whereby the entire weight of the latter may be carried by the" portion 27 thereof resting upon theblade shown in Figure 3. a means for locating and holding the slide upon the T-square. I preferably extend a hardened 'steel pin :29 transversely through the latter so that it will rest in the notches 20 of the flange 19in engagement with the abutments 21 to prevent slipping or accidental displacement of the slide while in type-holding position. 'While I prefer to use a hardened steel pin for this purpose it will he understood that one or more lugs orprojectionsmay be formed upon the holder for engagement vithin the notches to maintain the holder in adjusted position. Movement of the holder longitudinally of the T- square may be easily effected and during such movement" the pm 29 Wlll easily r1de over the lnclined faces of the teeth from one notch to another without removal of the holder from the flange 19. If preferredg the holder maybe lifted entirely clear of the flange '19 and repositioned thereon at whatever point desired. N

The front face of the holder is recessed at 30 and at the bottom of the recess two notches 31 and 32 are provided which are adapted to receive the teeth or projections 33 and 3 1, respectively of a lug formed on the back side of the type bloel: 12 1;. as best shown in Eigure 6. The length'and thickness of the lug preferably .eorresponds closely to the length and width of the recess 30 in the holder so that the lug will fit snugly within the recess and prevent rocking or tilting of the type block when moved into printing position upon the sheet 11. The type is thus guided by the holder so that it will be moved into contactwith the sheet at the proper an gle whereby the distribution of the ink or other printing medium will be uniformly applied to the surface of the paper.

It will be noted that the teeth 33 and 3 1 on the type block are shaped to lit the notches 20 of the T-square so that if desired the type blocks may he used'either by positioning them upon the holder or directly upon the notched flange of the T-square.

The modified form of holder 36 shown in Figure 7 is the same as that shown in Eigure 1 except that the recess 30and notches 31 and 32are omittcdand a forwardly projecting arm 37 provided which isdisposed at a right angle to the body of the holder. lVith this holder the type blocks do not have the lugs thereon but engage the holder as shown in Figure 7. The type blocks 38 are rounded preferably at the front side as in dicated at 39 whereby to eliminate.mistakes in positioning the blocks upon the holder. The flat back side elO is adapted to engage the holder as shown in Eigure 7 and since the "rounded side 39 will. not properlylit the holder the operator is not likely to make the mistake of printing a letter upsidedown. The type blocks may be of any preferred style and are preferably designed that each of the same except those containing the letters I, WV and M will correspond in width to two of the spacings on the scale at the back edge of the T-square which in turn cdr'respond to the spacings of the alna'tments or projectionsfil on ;the flange 19 which are numbered the same as the graduations on the blade 13. The block carrying the letter I will correspond in width to one of the spacesof the scale 22 while the blocks for the letters W and M will correspond to three of said spaces and the blocks for the remain ing letters will. correspond in width to two of s.aidspaces. In tlfe dotted line arrangement of the blocks shown in Figure 1 the letters I, N, and M are on blocks corresponding respectively to 1, 2 and 3 spacings of the inc llu

scale while the blocks for the letters H, U, T each corresponds in thickness to two of said spacings. It can be seen therefore that having a word or sentence of a given number of letters on blocks of a known width or having determined the letters for the longest line to be printed, the over all dimension of the blocks for said letters plus the margin to be allowed will determine the *idth of the sheet to be used. Vith this arrangement therefore it is not necessary to allow for any space between the letters when printing, it being only necessary to move the holder each time a number of spaces corresponding to the spacings for the individual blocks. For example, in Figure 7, after printing with the type. block 38 of a two-space width the holder is moved two spaces to the right for the nextblock to be used. Likewise for each block used the holder is moved to the right a number of spaces corresponding to the width of the previously used block, except between words where one or more spacings should be allowed. WVith blocks of a given height having determined the number of lines of printing and the spacing between the same and allowing for sufficient margins, the height of the sheet may also be readily determined.

The height of the blocks shown preferably corresponds to five of the spacings on the head of the T-square, these spacings being preferably made smaller than those on the blade. The relative proportions of the spacings on the two scales may be varied to afforc the use of blocks containing letters or characters of any desired height and width. In arranging the printing upon the sheet, after having decided upon the height of the blocks containing the letters and the spacing between the lines of printing, guide lines n are first drawn at the correct distances apart, in the present instance six spacings on the scale 2-3, being lightly drawn with a pencil by moving it against the front edge of the T-square. Having decided to use type blocks five spaces high and to employ one space between the lines of printing, as many of the guide lines 41 as are needed should be drawn 6 spaces apart before any printing is done. Thereafter in printing, the T-square is first set with its front edge in registry with the guide line 41 and for example, if it is desired to print the letters H, U and T the holder is positioned upon the T-square at the desired point and the letter H is printed. The holder is then moved to the right a distance of two notches on the T-square and the letter U is printed and is again moved two notches to the right, after which the letter T is printed. In all operating positions of either holder, the right hand edge of the pointer will be aligned with one of the graduations on the scale and if it is desired to move the holder three spaces this can eascs ily be done by sliding it upon the T-square until the pointer reachesthe third space to the right at which position the pin 29 will take into the c-orrectnotch of the flange 19.

When it is preferred tohave the lines of printing inclined with respect to the edge of.

for the printing and for guiding the type holding slide as explained above.

Two different height letters may be used both of which would require the same spacing,the larger of the two being slightly compressed and the smaller slightly extended. This allows for bringing out prominently any portion of the printin desired. If preferred both sizes could be made open face or olid or one of each as deemed advisable. till other sets of type or type blocks can be urnished twice the size of the above and .nerefore requiring twice the spacing or 6, and 2 spaces for the letters M, N and I re spectively, thus using the same spacing device for different size type blocks. Each size may be HSGQ to print separate colors to further bring out the desired portions with prominence whereby to vary the color scheme and to impr the arrangement of the characters. When open face type is used different The angular shaped notches and abutments' or projections 20 and 21 may be varied in shape and size and other forms of notches and projections may be provided for regulating the position of the type holder upon the bar without departing from the spirit of invention. These may be located rearwardly of the front edge of the T-square blade and may constitute holes or recesses formed in the surface thereof or in a strip or bar at tached thereto at any desired distance from the front edge of the blade.

The present device may be used for other purposes than printing signs, as for example, the marking of impressions by the use of steel stamps or the like which can be guided and spaced in the same manner as the movable type or it may be used in making symmetrical borders by the use of a series of different or like stamps or other character forming elements.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In hand printing means, the combination of a T-square provided with a scale, the blade of the T-square having an upstanding serrated flange and a type holder adjustable upon the flange and provided with a portion adapted to cooperate with the serrations to maintain the holder in adjusted position upon theflange, said holder having a finger extending therefrom and cooperating with the scale to facilitate spacing of the type.

2. In hand printing means, the combination of a T-square provided with an upstanding flange having a series of notches formed therein and a type holder adapted to be guided by said flange and having a portion arranged to engage in the notches to maintain the holder in adjusted position, said holder having angularly disposed portions adapted to receive the type whereby to facilitate use of the same.

EUGENE R. WEBER. 

